America.gov (Washington, DC)
2 July 2009
press release
Starting July 3, you are invited to send a text message to President Barack Obama with your questions and comments in advance of his visit to Africa.
Those who respond early will receive SMS highlights from his speech in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday, July 11. This service is available in both English and French.
President Obama will directly answer selected questions through local radio broadcasts in Africa.
Text messages may be subject to local and international charges as stipulated by your carrier.
To send a text message to President Obama, from anywhere in Africa, simply text 'English' or 'French' to +61418601934. If you do not receive a confirmation of your enrollment within 10 minutes, please send again to +45609910343. For Kenya use short code 5683, for Nigeria use short code 32969 and for South Africa, use short code 31958.
Capacity is limited so please text right away.
Please note: Registration for highlights of President Obama's speech is limited. All local mobile phone, mobile coverage, local and international operator mobile quality of service and charges apply, as well as other operational constraints and conditions. The SMS service is not a 100 percent guarantee of message delivery.
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All might b well but will Genetically Modified food be an eventual problem for those who cannot afford to buy It?
I think this is another Michael Jackson act; that when MJ became successful - read accepted by the mainstream white community - he run away from his identity and seemed to be embarassed by his black African roots. Likewise Obama seems to be embarrassed by his African roots especially now how he is just going to make an inconvenient stop-over at Accra, Ghana after meeting and commensirating with the more important white European Superpower Russia.
Might as well stay away from Africa. It is a familiar movie: An African-American Embarassed with Non-European African Roots.
You are talking a lot of nonsense. What do you mean he is turning into another MJ? For your information Ghana is one of the very few countries in Africa that has a decent gov't and elected in a proper democratic way. Where do you want him to go first, like Ethiopia, who has one of the most tyrant prime ministers who is butchering people every day like most of the others. Good on you Barak, please give Ghana all the support it needs.
All Africans should thank Michael Jackson, over his career, he gave hungry, destitiute swollen belly babies over 500 million US dollars to help, more than the actual governments that call themselves in existence. Please you must be one of those dirty ARABS that say stupid things and kill people in the name of your GOD. Get a life
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